Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords Hold 1915 at Winnipeg

1915 at Winnipeg

A 1938 Breslau Deutsches Turn und Sportfest badge

Footnote: The medal was established on May 26

Edge nicks and pitting on the EM

Bronze Grade medal with Crown and Swords

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords Hold 1915 at Winnipeg(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 64 mm (w) x 48. 06 mm (h), weighing 16. 3 grams, with loss of finish and minor oxidation evident throughout, in